-If the title doesn't say "essays", I would think it is a poem because its expression and writing method are too much like poetry.
-"Therefore" is just a turning point, such as the "but" and "again" mentioned later, all of which indicate that the future of white supremacism is changing.
-Writing does not have to create an argument. From the perspective of the author, it can be records, statements, questions, and the emergence of an argument depends on the reader's point of view. But I think these "essays" create an argument because the author obviously uses the word "white", which will be considered by readers as racial discrimination or prejudice.
-These lines are meant to say that you should not easily conclude what will happen in the future, and do not criticize what others do unless it is something you have experienced. In your opinion you are just sharing it with another person, but the spread of free speech is very fast. If you know, please keep it in your heart. If you don't know, don't create illusions.
-I don’t think “person” and “people” can be verbs as they are here because what they mean is an idea, a thing, a view, etc, but not a verb.
-"Four Short Essays..." is easier to read because the whole essay is converting one main idea, it's easier to understand unlike "Stethoscope".
So do you think when Chen Chen writes, "to person is to people" that this is a grammar error? If so, isn't it a bit odd that Foglifter not only published it this way, but when the Pushcart anthology republished it, this "error" wasn't fixed? Surely, there must be another reason for why the poet is using "person" and "people" as verbs. Back to my original question: Maybe you can get away with violating grammar rules in poems that you can't in essays?
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